Outlines of psychology : with special reference to the theory of education / by James Sully.

James Sully

Date:: 1884

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Credit: Outlines of psychology : with special reference to the theory of education / by James Sully. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by King’s College London. The original may be consulted at King’s College London.

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vu life, I deem it necessary to refer to that wider genetic conception of mind which regards the growth of the individual mind as a result of the past experience of the race, not only working indirectly through the external products, language, traditional knowledge, customs, &c, which constitute the social environment, but more directly through inherited aptitudes and dispositions. I have endeavoured to make the manner of exposi- tion as popular in character as is compatible with a properly scientific treatment of the most intricate of all groups of phenomena. To this end I have dwelt at some length on what may be called the embryology of mind, namely, the earlier and simpler forms of the several types of mental process in child-life. And I have further added to the general theory of mind brief references to the more familiar individual va- rieties. In order to lighten the labour for the general reader, and at the same time to aid those who aim at a more advanced study of the subject, I have relegated a considerable amount of matter to special sections easily distinguishable by their type. These touch on more difficult questions of psychological analysis, on physiological points, and on the properly philosophical problems which are related to the special psycho- logical subjects discussed in the text. I have further tried to meet the wants of the more special class of students by giving copious references to other works. With the view of aiding the beginner, I have sup- plied a number of definitions of the less familiar and

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